ATI Clearance X800 Crossfire $99

[BigSky]

ATI has the X800 Crossfire edition on clearance for $99. The documentation
seems a bit strange since it says this card has 16 pipelines. I thought
only the XT had 16 pipelines. Doesn't say anything about GPU or RAM speed.
Just wondering if this might be a good deal.

BigSky

 

[First of One]

The Crossfire Edition is just an XT with an additional compositing chip.

 

[BigSky]

Seems like a pretty good price then right? Should be nearly as fast as a
6800 ultra. So this card should run fine by itself on a non crossfire
motherboard? I do wonder when the website says this card requires no
additional external power. I thought the 800XT had a molex connector on it.
Can't imagine this thing getting enough juice just from the AGP slot.

 

[First of One]

Seems like a pretty good price then right? Should be nearly as fast as a
6800 ultra.

It should be faster than the 6800 Ultra in most games, with current Catalyst
drivers.

So this card should run fine by itself on a non crossfire motherboard?
Yep.

I do wonder when the website says this card requires no additional
external power. I thought the 800XT had a molex connector on it.

The web site is incorrect. That, or it's actually advertising a lesser card
(like perhaps the X800GTO) by mistake. If you intend to buy, call and make
sure it's the X800XT CF Ed.; get the p/n and look it up on Google.

Can't imagine this thing getting enough juice just from the AGP slot.

It obviously doesn't fit in an AGP slot, though I don't think the PCIe slot
can supply the required juice, either.